down sizing and its issues

[hughie]

Recently moved to Flinders Shell harbour and as its a downsize theres been a bit of a triage a little at first but then the reality sits in. Hmm thats not gonna fit and neither is that, damn. So I have had go down to one wood lathe by combing the best of both of them and adding VFD plus remote control with a 3 phase motor will be 2.2kw , this in a increase from 1.5hp all the other feature of the smaller lathe will remain, three pulley set up will done away with and a much simpler two pulley probably stepped. A bit of a shame as the big lathe hasnt seen much work compared to the other.
The smaller lathe [ the keeper] I will extending the bed and building a new tailstock and revamping the pulley set up, still in two minds as to redo the wooden base by combining the two bases.
So its a upgrade and a down size in one.

[BMKal]

That's a decent array of chucks you have on the wall there.

[Mobyturns]

as its a downsize theres been a bit of a triage a little at first but then the reality sits in. Hmm thats not gonna fit and neither is that, damn.


Buggar!

Why can't we have a Tardis?? We are supposed to have flying cars now according to all the comics and cartoons from our "boomer" childhood, so where is the Tardis! :rolleyes:

[NeilS]

That's a decent array of chucks you have on the wall there.

The number of tools in his tool rack isn't too bad either!

[hughie]

Neil due to size or the lack of I am looking at fitting the lot onto a mobile tool rack mounted on an old 44gal drum dolly chucks, tools the lot. Might be a bit ambitious :U

[hughie]

wouldnt mind a couple more of the 125mm SN2 chucks, got the spare jaws

[hughie]

Yeah, the triage wasnt that pleasant but its the way of life

[NeilS]

Neil due to size or the lack of I am looking at fitting the lot onto a mobile tool rack mounted on an old 44gal drum dolly chucks, tools the lot. Might be a bit ambitious :U

I did something similar. I thought I was going to be able to move it around a lot more than I could. I found it got bogged in the piles of shavings.!

Have been meaning to put on much larger diameter wheels, but haven't got around to that yet.

One thing that has worked quite well has been the shorter tools rack mounted on a lazy susan that I made up for that to sit on top of the cart. You can buy sturdy lazy susan bearing mechanisms for that now, but back then I couldn't find one of those so turned my own large diameter one out of wood (as you do) and used marbles as the bearings. You can quickly spin it around to get and replace tools standing near the lathe. I also keep my sets of sanding pads and polishing gear on it.

Here is a pic of the long handle tool rack on the side of the cart taken back when I was using fixed handles. You can see the marbles in the lazy susan on the base of the short tools rack sitting behind...



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That long handle rack is now mostly filled with removable handles,
including a few Hughies...:)

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[NeilS]

wouldnt mind a couple more of the 125mm SN2 chucks, got the spare jaws

Join the queue!!!

[hughie]

I did something similar. I thought I was going to be able to move it around a lot more than I could. I found it got bogged in the piles of shavings.!

Have been meaning to put on much larger diameter wheels, but haven't got around to that yet.

One thing that has worked quite well has been the shorter tools rack mounted on a lazy susan that I made up for that to sit on top of the cart. You can buy sturdy lazy susan bearing mechanisms for that now, but back then I couldn't find one of those so turned my own large diameter one out of wood (as you do) and used marbles as the bearings. You can quickly spin it around to get and replace tools standing near the lathe. I also keep my sets of sanding pads and polishing gear on it.

Here is a pic of the long handle tool rack on the side of the cart taken back when I was using fixed handles. You can see the marbles in the lazy susan on the base of the short tools rack sitting behind...



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That long handle rack is now mostly filled with removable handles,
including a few Hughies...:)

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I think as my 'garage' door leads directly to the lounge I'm going to have clean up each and every time... sigh, plus the wheels 100dia x 30mm wide

[Gary H]

Hughie, problem solved! Turn a bunch of your exquisite bowls and buy the house next door :D. My downsizing ended up with the lathe, bandsaw and grinder all outside - just remove the tarps at work time. Downside is no lathe work when it's raining or the neighbour has washing out (dust extraction not possible due to noise). The upside is no dust extraction needed - just wait for a southerly buster :p

Good luck with the settling in.

Cheers, Gary

[hughie]

Hughie, problem solved! Turn a bunch of your exquisite bowls and buy the house next door :D. My downsizing ended up with the lathe, bandsaw and grinder all outside - just remove the tarps at work time. Downside is no lathe work when it's raining or the neighbour has washing out (dust extraction not possible due to noise). The upside is no dust extraction needed - just wait for a southerly buster :p

Good luck with the settling in.

Cheers, Gary

Yes it does bring on the unpleasant challenges. The combing the best of my two lathes didnt seem too bad until I realized I will need some more steel 100x50 channel and my steel sore is a 100k away in Revesby. No idea who supplies steel down here nor the charges.

[Hardenfast]

Morning Hughie. I haven't had the downsizing problem yet... in fact I've just extended my shed. However, it looks like your shed has a single external metal cladding. Does this ever give you any issues with condensation - particularly with all of the recent wet weather? I find that I'm constantly having to remove light surface rust from tools & chucks that haven't been used for a while, even though I usually give them a liberal dose of Lanox or similar when I de-rust them.

Regards - Wayne

[hughie]

Morning Hughie. I haven't had the downsizing problem yet... in fact I've just extended my shed. However, it looks like your shed has a single external metal cladding. Does this ever give you any issues with condensation - particularly with all of the recent wet weather? I find that I'm constantly having to remove light surface rust from tools & chucks that haven't been used for a while, even though I usually give them a liberal dose of Lanox or similar when I de-rust them.

Regards - Wayne

It was at the back of the house, well shaded with insulated roof. I rarely hand any issue with rust, mind you I was 60k inland in a dry area that was a bit of a rain shadow. I remember working not far from Mascot in Sydney and we had a knee deep flood in the factory. Drove home and had to water the garden to keep it alive, so it was a fairly dry area.